by marciadmin | Feb 18, 2022 | Blog Hops, Round Robin, Writerly Talk
Flawed Characters Describe a flawed character you might use in a story. How did they become so flawed? What part will they play in the story and what will happen to them? All of my characters are flawed. A perfect character would be boring. There would be no character...
by marciadmin | Jan 21, 2022 | Round Robin, Writerly Talk
Covid and Contemporary Stories How are you dealing with the COVID pandemic in your contemporary novels/short stories? Not as a political statement or polarizing pro/con mask stance, but the way the COVD virus effects the day-to-day lives of your characters and appears...
by marciadmin | Dec 18, 2021 | Round Robin, Writerly Talk
How do your family experiences translate into writing scenes? Robin asked a difficult question this month. Honestly, I don’t think my family experiences have entered into any of my writing scenes. At least, not consciously. When I think about it, though, in my...
by marciadmin | Nov 20, 2021 | Round Robin, Writerly Talk
Flawed or evil characters, Round Robin, November 20, 2021 Flawed or evil characters inhabit a number of my books. Although I don’t depend on such characters to move the plot forward for every story, they are required for some of them. It all depends on the story, what...
by marciadmin | Jun 22, 2018 | Round Robin, Writerly Talk
This month’s Round Robin is: Why do I write or feel compelled to write even through the difficult parts? This is like asking someone why they breathe. LOL Getting the story out of my head and into the physical world is as necessary as breathing for me. If I don’t,...
